Me: Kev took some photos of Dave and Harriet on their evening walk yesterday.
Nell: Lovely.
Me: The stream is exactly halfway along the walk so they can have a refreshing drink and paddle on the way there and back.
Nell: I wouldn’t know. I stayed home with you.
Me: We needed time to recover after Charlotte’s birthday tea.
Nell: Herr Hoffmann used Poppy’s recipe for the scones.
Me: I thought so. They were delicious.
Nell: Tomorrow is the Puppies’ birthday so there will be another afternoon tea.
Me: I can’t believe they’ll be 8.
Nell: You never can. We can’t have scones again.
Me: I don’t see why not.
Nell: One should leave at least a few days between cream teas.
Me: We could have the scones without the jam and cream.
Nell: Don’t be silly. This is Devon.
Me: There has to be cake.
Nell: Of course.
Me: And bacon.
Nell: Bacon is a morning food. David’s requested steak and pommes frites for dinner.
Me: Dave’s been talking a lot of French recently.
Nell: He has a French pen friend.
Me: I thought he might have been talking to rooks. I saw some in the garden and they were speaking French.
Nell: Those were jackdaws. They can speak a little German, but no French.
Me: Jackdaws can’t speak German.
Nell: A lot of the birds speak German.
Me: Why?
Nell: Herr Hoffmann talks to them in German all the time.
Me: I see. Kev and I are off to Torquay later. Is there anything you need?
Nell: Pop into Barks and Spencer for some treats, please.
Me: I could get a selection of sandwiches for Dave and Harriet’s birthday tea tomorrow?
Nell: Herr Hoffmann would never serve a shop bought sandwich. Not even from Barks.
Me: No. Sorry.
